§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLasked the Secretary of State for War, Whe- 1595 ther only the expenses of the British Troops employed in the Cape Colony are now being paid with money advanced by the British Treasury, or if we are also paying the expenses consequent on the employment of the Colonial Forces and Volunteers?
§ COLONEL STANLEY, in reply, said, that a short time ago he had answered a similar Question, by saying that the Governor of the Colony had issued his warrant monthly for the military expenditure; that that, in point of fact, admitted the liability of the Colony; that the matter would have to be arranged with them; and that the funds for the moment were being paid on that warrant out of the Imperial Funds. As both Imperial and Colonial troops were acting as one Force, under one command, it had been found practically impossible to deal separately with them as regarded supplies and transport. Such an arrangement was tried, and not only failed, but, by bringing the Colonial Commissariat into competition in the market with the Imperial Commissariat, it had the effect of largely increasing both Imperial and Colonial Expenditure. The whole expenses for supplies and transport of Colonial Forces and Volunteers was, therefore, met, in the first instance, by advances from the British Treasury; but the Colony was repaying that expense by monthly instalments of £10,000, which, it was hoped, would be shortly increased. No pay was advanced from Imperial sources for the pay of such troops.